Dyslexia Guild Annual Summer Conference 2014

Dyslexia Guild Annual Summer Conference 2014 - Dyslexia and Co-occurring difficulties: exploring aspects of performance

This year's Dyslexia Guild Annual Summer Conference was held on Thursday 19th June 2014 and was open to teachers, support staff and all those with a professional interest in dyslexia/SpLD. The conference covered a wide range of relevant topics and featured specialist keynote speakers and presenters. Delegates had the opportunity to attend our exhibitor stands and to network with other professionals. 

Keynote Speakers were:

Seminar sessions included a range of topics including Assessment, Exam Access, Online Teaching, Accessibility Software, Units of Sound and the Hidden Disabilities Questionnaire.

                    ***Please click here to view pictures from the Conference.***

Our Exhibitors included:

        

Join The Dyslexia Guild, our professional body

The Dyslexia Guild is a professional body with open membership, which welcomes individuals with a professional interest in dyslexia, including primary and secondary teachers, SENCO's, teaching assistants, Further and Higher Education tutors, advisory specialists and psychologists, as well as parents, dyslexia and specific learning disability assessors, librarians and other specialists who support those with dyslexia.

For further details on the Guild please click here

Keynote and Seminar Presentations

Videos from the Conference

 

     

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          Introduction to Guild Conference 2014 

           -  by Kevin Geeson, Dyslexia Action -

     

     

      Video from Summer Guild Conference 2014

           Dyslexia In Multilingual Settings

       - by Deirdre Martin, University of Birmingham -

     

     

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            Reading and Dyslexia in Deaf Children

                                 - by Dr Rosalind Herman -

     

     

    Webinar entitled: Can studying the brain help us understand dyslexia?

                             -  Dorothy V.M. Bishop from Oxford University -